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EU CAP greening measures delayed one year

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Controversial “greening” measures proposed as part
of plans to revise the EU Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) will not
apply until the start of 2015, one year later than originally
planned. The European Commission made the decision in the face of
ongoing delays as it battles to get EU member states to agree over
the new CAP. There are concerns that crop areas and production will
be adversely affected by the measures, which would impose mandatory
requirements on crop diversification and the establishment of
“ecological focused areas” (
Agrow No 661, p 13). The Commission remains optimistic that
a CAP reform agreement with EU Ministers and the European
Parliament can be achieved by the end of June, so that the new law
is in place by January 2014. But it acknowledges that it is
unrealistic for national administrative procedures to be
established by the same deadline.